The Free Design (Stereolab) | Live from Here with Chris Thile

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Chris Thile and our band perform Stereolab's "The Free Design" on our June 1, 2019 show at Wolf Trap.
The band: Madison Cunningham, Mike Elizondo, Marcus Gilmore, Brittany Haas, Shaun Martin, Ryan Scott
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[@davidgerard4369]

Love Stereolab. Love The Free Design, their obvious influence. And this cover with Chris Thile? There. Are. No. Words.

[@joethesooner74]

This is a brilliant cover! Thank you for posting this!🌺

[@Pyrethryn]

I love this so much, you have no idea. This is fucking brilliant.

[@petermccarthy4525]

Yep. Could have gone on longer. Also quite an inspiration for mandolin players…

[@karlx-1]

So much brilliance here. Chris is one of THE most important people in this music for this age. What a killer player in a killer band!! Stereolab with Sean O'Hagan are the ambassadors of avant pop, while The Free Design is an inspiration for any artists who appreciate harmony and smiles.

[@n.doppiovu.e]

I like this, good arranged.the drummer is so good!

[@TheWillGeoghegan]

That's some horsepower

[@Uly_Sandoval_303]

Very Amazing Cover.. great job.. ♥️

[@DavidHimmelPerforms]

MARCUS!!!

[@shanghaitriad99]

So 👏 awesome great cover

[@vollsticks]

Fuck this is utterly fucking badass. 11/10. That drummer! Jaysus!😍

[@WSS_the_OG]

Whoa .. my goodness. That drummer! I mean, they're all terrific, but what the heck was that? :)

[@weberbern]

the one and only marcus gilmore!

[@chrisvorster5951]

Reminds me of Return to Forever, great music choice for an outdoor kick off the summer gig. Especially liked it when instruments dropped out leaving the voices. Nice harmonies.

[@L00MER]

Wow. One of the nicest LFH surprises I've had in a longtime. Too bad they struggled with the mix at first 'cause the song is great and the band WAS LOCKED DOWN! Imma watch this again.

[@jakescheirer3022]

You might not hear it, but the 'ooh' is there. Yes, yes it is

[@geraldschneider7970]

If we played it : In our head

[@elementkx]

LOVE IT...but aint right without the horns....

[@moldybongwater3808]

no triangle either😭

[@jacobtapianieto9655]

Especially when that ABBA's famous song reference comes in.

[@elementkx]

@@jacobtapianieto9655 what do you mean by ABBAs famous song reference? There's a sample in the song?

[@jacobtapianieto9655]

@@elementkx not exactly a sample but indeed a slightly modified reference to "Dancing Queen". In the original recording by Stereolab you can hear it played by the brass (trumpets and trombones). In this cover (at the 3:20 mark) the tune is played by the violin, but it's almost inaudible.

[@wlouisharris]

They perform the song better live than Stereolab.

[@philipshropshire5985]

Agreed. Love Stereolab as writers but they're not great musicians.

[@californiahummus]

@@philipshropshire5985 Stereolab is amazing live. All the things you may think are computer generated drums and guitar riffs are played by hand in deep rhythm. They are great musicians.

[@baco82]

I thought exactly the same.

[@AnthonyRochester]

I disagree. Way too frantic.

[@kaneda015]

worth a try...vocals are not very good..like it ^^